drinks
The plural of "drink" is drinks.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and drink follows this rule.
Meaning: a liquid for drinking (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with drinks: the drinks are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: drinks'.
How do you pronounce it?
drink is pronounced /ˈdɹɪŋk/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. drinks means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- Let's get some drinks.Singular: Let's get a drink.
- The drinks are on me.Singular: The drink is on me.
